Activity Development - Modification of Existing Activity | Project | Unit

Title:	Activity Development - Modification of Existing Activity \| Project \| Unit
Subject:	Professional Development
Grade:	Educators
Time Frame:	1 hour to 1 day to years
Summary:	Educators will modify an existing activity and in order to fully understand what is involved, create an example project.
Tasks:	Find an existing activity that fits some of your needs. Pick one with a project or tool you like and modify the content. Or, pick one with content you like and modify the project or tool(s). Below are some sites for finding existing projects: Activities \| Projects \| Units - BalancEdTech Apptivities Challenge Based Learning Challenges Gateway to Educational Materials - GEM Google Lesson Plans or Google Lesson Plans Integrate Inspiration Into Your Curriculum & Inspired Learning Community Intel Unit Plan Index - By Subject iPad oriented (modifiable for other devices if needed) iPad Apps & Activities The iPad Learning Studio iPads In Education - Part 1 & Part 2 Six Examples of iPad Integration in the 1:1 Classroom (High School) techchef4u lessons on pinterest or techchef4u ReadWriteThink Lesson Plans Scholastic.com The Consultants Repository Tech4Learning Search - Use their tools or modify to use others Thinkfinity Lesson Plans - Use search tool on right to narrow search UserGeneratedEducation WebQuests (try the Curriculum x Grade Level Matrix) Evaluate the existing project - Now that you've found a possible starting point, time to look at it more closely. Select one (or more) of the frameworks below to use: Bloom's Taxonomy or better yet, Flipped Bloom's Taxonomy ETaP LoTi Prensky SAMR or our SAMR page TPaCK Technology Integration Rubric BalancEdTech Integration Rubric If the lesson does not include the use of technology see if the Activity Types taxonomy for your subject has a suggested tool or tools. If the lesson does not include an assessment (especially formative assessment), decide what assessment methods are best for the students' learning Select an Activity Planning Format/Template BalancEdTech Activity Template RRISD 5E Lesson Design Template The BSCS 5E Instructional Model: Origins, Effectivenesss and Applications Share/publish a rough draft of the remixed or original activity/lesson/project plan to your personal, classroom, or district wiki/blog. Complete a peer critique session. Revise the activity/lesson/project as needed Optional - In general, thinking from a content/standards/skills perspective is desireable, there are sometimes reasons to work from a tool perspective first. Instead of using the activitiy sources listed in step 1 above, consider working from a tool perspective and then work in the content/standards/skills. ThingLink In The Classroom Class Blog Posts Use Audio in Your Classroom Use QR Codes in the Classroom Use Twitter in the Classroom Use Voicethread in the Classroom Use Your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom WIKId Wide Walls Find many more "X Ways To Use" posts on these two sites Free Technology for Teachers - Google search for "ways to use" TeachThought - Google search for "ways to use" Edudemic - For example, 22 Effective Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom
Objectives:	Educators will critique others' activity/lesson/project plans Educators will remix or develop their own activity/lesson/project plans Educators will critique their own and peers' activity/lesson/project plans Educators will share/publish their remixed or original activity/lesson/project plans
Assessment:	Activities and projects can be evaluated by the developers themselves using the frameworks listed in Step 2 above or through peer critique sessions
Resources:	Listed above
Examples:	Links to teacher or student examples.

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